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Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · s 19

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s 19[1)

The right of priority shall have the effect that the filing date of the previous application claimed under section 18 shall be regarded as being the filing date of the application for registration under this Order for the purpose of determining whether the industrial design is new.

(2)

Subsection [1) shall not be construed as excluding the power to give directions under subsection (3) of section 9 in relation to the application for registration under this Order.

(3)

Where an application for registration of an industrial design is filed under this Order and the priority of a previous application is claimed under section 18, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, the application shall not be refused and the registration of the industrial design under this Order shall not be invalidated by reason only of the fact that the previous application has been published at any time after the filing date of the previous application.

Withdrawal of 20.

( 1)

An applicant may withdraw his application for registration applications.

of an industrial design by filing a notice of withdrawal with the

Registrar before the date on which preparations for publication under section 26 have been completed, as determined by the

Registrar.

Effect of deemed abandonment.

(2)

A notice under this section shall be made in writing and filed in the prescribed manner.

[3)

Where a notice is filed in accordance with this section, the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.

(4)

A notice filed in accordance with this section is irrevocable.